The subsidies would funnel $130 billion to insurers over the
next decade.Only Congress, said the judge,has the power to appropriate funds.The House of Representative launched the suit
maintained the subsidies violated the
legislative’s branch’s power of the purse.

The decision does not necessarily spell the endof ObamaCare subsidies, of ObamaCare itself.The program won’t shut down immediately until
the government’s appeal works its way through the system. The administration
argues the ruling was due to an “inartfuldrafting” of the law.Similar
arguments have been made in two previous Supreme Court decisions which upheld the constitutionality
of the law.Still, according to the Wall Street Journal, “there’s a plausible case to be made that the
law is a patchwork legislative mess that doesn’t hold togetherwithout a willingness to engage in illegal
and unconstitutional implementation.”

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Book Description: In this first book in a series of four, Richard L. Reece, MD. provides a unique view of the roll out, and run up, of the Affordable Care Act. Reece shows in this book the progress and facets of ObamaCare's marketers and messengers, as the day approached for the launch of health insurance exchanges - the single most public and problematic portion of the new law. This is a must read for anyone who wants to chronicle this attempt to organize more than one-sixth of the U.S. economy by adding layers of federal government control and regulations.

Reece has been writing about U.S. health care for more than 45 years. His knowledge and experience, added to his keen intellect and gift of subtle humor, make this book a valuable part of anyone's collection.